This was my first attempt at snowflake macro shots.
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Treasure in the snow
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Re: Treasure in the snow
Excellent. Could you describe your outfit?
Sury
Sury
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Re: Treasure in the snow
Glad you liked it.
I was using a Sony a580 with the Sony 16-80 zeiss lens reverse mounted to the camera. Because it was reverse mounted, some of the exif data is meaningless or missing so I'm not sure what the f-stop was, nor do I know for sure teh focal length. I believe that these shots wee all taken at the 16mm end for maximum magnification. I set up in the garage so that the snowflakes didn't melt to quickly. I caught snowflakes outside on a navy blue sweater and brought them into the garage to shoot.
I really need a sturdier/smoother tripod and a lens band to keep the focal length from drifting while adjusting the aperture and the focus.
I was using a Sony a580 with the Sony 16-80 zeiss lens reverse mounted to the camera. Because it was reverse mounted, some of the exif data is meaningless or missing so I'm not sure what the f-stop was, nor do I know for sure teh focal length. I believe that these shots wee all taken at the 16mm end for maximum magnification. I set up in the garage so that the snowflakes didn't melt to quickly. I caught snowflakes outside on a navy blue sweater and brought them into the garage to shoot.
I really need a sturdier/smoother tripod and a lens band to keep the focal length from drifting while adjusting the aperture and the focus.
- sury
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Re: Treasure in the snow
Thank you. I found this link useful when reverse mounting lenses. And there are aplenty on cyberspace.
With best regards,
Sury
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/Us ... ersal.html
With best regards,
Sury
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/Us ... ersal.html
Minimize avoidable sufferings - Sir Karl Popper
Re: Treasure in the snow
I came across that one, also. Good stuff for sure.
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